You Can Actually Get Real Plants Tattooed On Your Body, And They Look Awesome

These sweet floral tattoos are basically an organic spin on permanent ink. They're the work of Ukrainian tattoo artist Rit Kit, and she calls the tats "live leaf tattoos." She creates the realistic masterpieces by first pressing a plant into tattoo stencil ink and then applying it directly to a person's skin to capture the shape. Then, she tattoos over the stenciled image, adding color that's nearly identical to the original plant and a touch of her own artistic flair.

She's tattooed everything from irises to violets to jasmine on her customers, and the finished product always looks insanely realistic—like you could peel the plant right off the person. She shares her work regularly on Instagram, where she has almost 15,000 followers.

In an interview with arts magazine Illusion, Rit Kit said she's a nature lover who's always enjoyed sketching plants. She created her "live leaf" process as a more organic way to capture flowers and leaves in a tattoo.

"It’s my favorite way to make tattoos, and I think the most natural," she told Illusion. "They’re like botanical fingerprints on the bodies of other brave nature lovers."